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Post by Calum on Dec 26, 2012 10:06:49 GMT 12
Next aviation stop on my holiday was the RAF Museum at Hendon If you're interested here's the link RAF Museum Hendon |
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Post by baz62 on Dec 26, 2012 14:38:46 GMT 12
Nice photos Calum.
Shame to think that 109 used to fly in the 1990s
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Post by corsairarm on Dec 26, 2012 14:57:00 GMT 12
Still one of my favorite museums. They have a lot more aircraft now from when I was last there.
Is that last display hall made from material ( sorry but don't know the correct name).
Thanks Calum
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Post by ngatimozart on Dec 26, 2012 16:04:47 GMT 12
Nice photos Calum.
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Post by Calum on Dec 26, 2012 22:37:21 GMT 12
thanks gents, glad you enjoyed them.
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Post by steveh on Dec 27, 2012 8:01:09 GMT 12
bBrilliant Calum, thanks for putting those up. It was one of my great sorrows that the only time I got to Hendon, much of it was closed to shift exhibits around. Never got back though meant, it to looks like I need another OE. ;D
Steve.
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Post by suthg on Dec 27, 2012 9:14:23 GMT 12
Great - thanks! - and the only fully assembled and on show Hawker Typhoon anywhere in the world, dressed in the Normandy colours where there were squadrons on shore on quickly made up dusty airstrips. Also there was a Sabre engine in a frame to the left, beside it!!  |
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Post by beagle on Dec 27, 2012 10:03:24 GMT 12
Yes some great shots there, some great aircraft.
Not sure if I like the way they display them, esp for photography reasons.
Was there back in 94. probably changed quite a bit since then.
I suposse if they were to dispay them in a way like Wigram, then the building would have to be huge.
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Post by flyjoe180 on Dec 29, 2012 8:15:49 GMT 12
Nice pics Calum, thanks for posting the link. It hasn't changed much since I was there in the 1990s. Maybe a few additions to the collection, but the look of it seems to have remained the same.
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Post by camtech on Dec 29, 2012 10:28:20 GMT 12
Great stuff - changed a lot since I was there in 1976!!
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Post by Dave Homewood on Dec 29, 2012 12:13:03 GMT 12
Thanks for that Calum, great shots.
"Shame to think that 109 used to fly in the 1990s"
I'd rather see such an aircraft preserved in a museum than crashed again, especially in the circumstances of when it last crashed. Not that the crash mattered as it was always meant to be grounded after a period of flight, just like their WWI types from NZ, and the Vulcan. There are plenty of other genuine BF109's flying now around the world.
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Post by baz62 on Dec 30, 2012 9:13:20 GMT 12
Thanks for that Calum, great shots. "Shame to think that 109 used to fly in the 1990s" I'd rather see such an aircraft preserved in a museum than crashed again, especially in the circumstances of when it last crashed. Not that the crash mattered as it was always meant to be grounded after a period of flight, just like their WWI types from NZ, and the Vulcan. There are plenty of other genuine BF109's flying now around the world. Yes I knew that, still a shame she doesn't fly (like most museum aircraft but of course to preserve them for the future they have to be ground bound). And there are only 2 or 3 genuine 109s flying, not including the other 109Gs like "Black 6" at Hendon as they were Spanish built Buchons originally but modified "back" to DB605 engines. The really exciting rebuild for me is the early 109E that actually flew in the Spanish Civil War! Amazing what turns up even now! |
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Post by Calum on Dec 31, 2012 8:34:07 GMT 12
I only saw one flyable 109, and it wasn't flying that day, it was at planes of fame in Arizona. I'll post that visit up soon.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Dec 31, 2012 11:38:02 GMT 12
They have at least three G models in Germany flying, plus there are E models in the USA and Canada, etc. A much healthier population now than there used to be with many more to come.
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